HAMMOND, Ind. – The fourth ranked University of Missouri-St. Louis volleyball team extended its winning streak to 19 with a pair of wins at the Midwest Region Crossover at the Hammond SportsPlex on Friday in Hammond, Ind. The Tritons (19-0) defeated Tiffin (11-9) 3-0 in their first match of the day and Davenport (8-11) 3-0 in its second contest.
No. 4 UMSL 3 Tiffin 0
UMSL gave up the first point of the match against the Dragons but responded with a 6-1 run and wouldn't trail the remainder of the stanza as they defeated Tiffin 25-15 in the opening frame. The Tritons hit .281 in the set while holding the Dragons to a .0069 attack percentage.
UMSL jumped out to a 7-0 lead in the second stanza and wouldn't look back as it cruised to a 25-11 victory to take the commanding 2-0 lead in the contest.
Tiffin wouldn't go quietly in set three as they jumped out to an early three-point lead but the Tritons responded to take a 17-9 lead after an ace serve from
Kylie Adams. The Dragons made a late run closing to within 24-20 after a kill from Taylor Peterson but wouldn't get any closer as
Delaney Humm ended the match with a kill.
UMSL hit .351 for the match with 49 kills against 15 errors in 97 chances.
Lexie Rang had a match-high 13 kills while Humm finished with 10 and
Mya Elliott added nine.
Caitlin Bishop handed out 43 assists, Rang added three blocks, Adams finished with 11 digs and
Rylee Edson had two service aces.
No. 4 UMSL 3 Davenport 0
In their second match of the day the Tritons raced out to an 11-4 lead and wouldn't let the Panthers get closer than six points the rest of the frame on its way to the 25-14 victory.
UMSL built a 10-point lead midway through the middle frame and led by as many as 13 points at 22-9 after an error by Emma Turnquist. Davenport got to within 22-13 but no closer as the Tritons scored the final three points of the set to win it 25-13.
UMSL led 11-9 in the final frame before pulling away for the 25-15 victory to complete the sweep.
The Tritons hit .357 with 44 kills against nine errors while holding the Panthers to a .010 attack percentage.
Humm finished with a match-high 13 hills while Elliott and
Hailey Flowers added nine kills each. Bishop had 34 assists to go along with a pair of aces while Elliott had three blocks and Adams finished with a match-high 19 digs.
UMSL wraps up play at the Crossover on Saturday afternoon taking on No. 19 Ferris State in a rematch of last year's Midwest Regional Championship at 2 p.m.
